intercross
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On the other hand, with dichogamous plants, early or late flowers on the same individual may intercross; and a cross of this kind does hardly any or no good.
From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin
There is no doubt that these three pheasants, namely, the common, the true ring-necked, and the Japan, intercross, and are becoming blended together in the woods of several parts of England.
From On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition) by Charles Darwin
Why then do not the varieties occasionally intercross, though this would not often happen, as insects so rarely act in an efficient manner?
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin
Where the filaments intercross closely, are felted, and inclined to form a membrane, it is hymenoid mycelium.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
But these facts do not make me doubt that it is a general law of nature that the individuals of the same species occasionally intercross, and that some great advantage is derived from this act.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Charles Darwin
